Mental function

Mental function

Mental functions and cognitive processes are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term "cognitive" tends to have specific implications - see cognitive and cognitivism) to mean such functions or processes as perception, introspection, memory, creativity, imagination, conception, belief, reasoning, volition, and emotion — in other words, all the different things that we can do with our minds.

A specific instance of engaging in a cognitive process is a mental event. The "event" of perceiving something is, of course, different from the entire process, or "faculty", of perception — one's ability to perceive things. In other words, an instance of perceiving is different from the ability that makes those instances possible.

ee also

* cognitive
* cognitivism
* neurocognitive
* mental event


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